Rishi Sunak gives BBC interview on Boris Johnson’s plans

Today we are expecting to see the dossier prepared by Boris Johnson, which was intended to show the Commons privileges committee that he did not intentionally mislead MPs about Partygate. Readers with good memories, readers with a functioning memory, will recall that we said much the same yesterday morning. The forecast should come true at some point today.

Rishi Sunak gave an interview on BBC Breakfast this morning. He was primarily focusing on Louise Casey's damning report on the Met, but he was also asked about Johnson. Sunak also refused to say whether or not Johnson was the victim of a witch-hunt, as well as the fact that Tory MPs will get a free vote if the privileges committee recommends sanctions that have to be approved by the Commons as a whole.

Sunak asked if he agreed with the Johnson supporters who described the inquiry in those terms, Sunak replied:

Johnson's diehard supporters continue to argue that the process is biased against him and that he is being tried by a kangaroo court. Even though Penny Mordaunt, the leader of the Commons, has warned against interference with the committee's work, MPs like Jacob Rees-Mogg have continued to attack the committee. She was more outspoken than Sunak, who sounded anxious to avoid provoking the Johnsonites this morning.

I'm going to post more from his interview soon. Here is the agenda for the day.

11.30 am: The European Research Group, a caucus for hardline Tory Brexiter MPs, holds a press conference to announce its conclusions about the PM's Northern Ireland protocol deal.

3 pm: Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, gives evidence to the Lords' economic affairs committee.

I will try to monitor the comments below the line BTL but it is impossible to read all of them. If you have a direct question, include Andrew somewhere and I'm more likely to find it. I do try to answer questions, and if they are of general interest I will post the question and reply above the line ATL, although I can't promise to do this for everyone.

If you want to draw your attention quickly, it is probably better to use Twitter.